Three college honor students have each been sentenced to 90 days in prison for burning down a vacant warehouse in East Lyme. Christian Bardoli, Matias Francone, and Alexander Tsuji pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court Monday to misdemeanor criminal …
Two businesses that operated in downtown Pittsburg for decades are gone, and the owners are uncertain whether they’ll try to rebuilding. A massive fire on Saturday destroyed Beitzinger’s Hardware and Benelli’s Jewelry. The hardware store had been in business since …
A southern Indiana county is suing three companies, accusing them of negligence in a fire that heavily damaged its historic courthouse. JeffersonCounty’s lawsuit contends that a worker for one of the companies was welding copper downspouts when nearby combustibles ignited …
A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to third-degree felony counts of burglary and attempted arson in a 2008 blaze that gutted a historic mill in Brigham City. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reported Saturday that Luke Hunsaker awaits sentencing July 7 …
Police have arrested five alleged gang members in connection to a string of arson fires in northwest Phoenix. Phoenix police say 19-year-old Robert Patonai was arrested Thursday. They say four other suspects taken into custody are minors. Police say Patonai …
Investigators say a fire that damaged offices at a San Bernardino County High School was intentionally set. County Fire spokesperson Tracey Martinez says the blaze was reported early Saturday inside the administrative building at Bloomington High School. Crews from Rialto …
A 56-year-old Maine man has been charged with six counts of arson for allegedly setting a string of fires in his hometown of Acton. The state fire marshal’s office said two fire investigators arrested John Hogan III on Thursday upon …
Gonzales Police have arrested a 16-year-old East Ascension High School student accused of starting a fire in a garbage can in a girls restroom. Police say firefighters quickly extinguished the fire the girl allegedly started Wednesday shortly before 11:13 a.m. …
Federal and state arson investigators were trying to determine what caused a fire and explosion at a Nashville ammunition store that killed the shop’s owner. The Tennessean reported that firefighters discovered the body of 42-year-old Kenedy Rojas inside the Well …
Firefighters say nine Maine fire departments were called to fight a fire that destroyed a house and barn in the town of Casco. The call for the fire on Tenney Hill Road came in around 2 a.m. Tuesday. WMTW-TV says …